Definition of
CAPIAS IN WITHERNAM

CAPIAS IN WITHERNAM

practice. A writ issued after a return of elongataor eloigned has been made to a writ of retorno habendo, commanding the sheriffto take so many of the distrainer"s goods by way of reprisal, as will equalthe goods mentioned in the retorno habendo. 2 Inst. 140; F. N. B. 68; andsee form in 2 Sell. Pr. 169.